Doogee S55 Rugged Smartphone First Impressions & Quick Review

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Meet Doogee S55 Rugged Smartphone 
A military standard rugged smartphone is regarded as the best communication device for the yearlong outdoor workers. While DOOGEE, after five years’ constant innovation and research, has gradually grown into a professional rugged phone manufacturer and become familiar to the public.

Unveiled in June this year, Doogee S55 comes with waterproof and dustproof features that provide a much-needed safety to your smartphone. Aside from that, the S55 boasts a broad range of awe-inspiring features and powerful specs that make it an ideal smartphone for adventure junkies who like to carry their phone with them everywhere they go.

DOOGEE S55 has the best performance price ratio among both the DOOGEE IP68 products and even the rugged smartphone industry. It is said that as soon as the S55 was released on the market, DOOGEE has received lots of orders from online and offline agents. And this $139.99 lowest price online will be valid for only one week from July, 16th to July, 23rd, which is a good and rare chance for the rugged phone fans to harvest one since the normal price will be $169.99.

At this reduced price, the S55 is quite a bargain given that it sports a big 5.5 inches IPS HD+ display with a screen resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels. The phone is housed in a sturdy aluminum alloy and polycarbonate body, and it uses Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for added protection.

Furthermore, the phone packs a powerful MTK6750T; 4xCortex-A53, 1.5GHz processor, and a MaliT860-MP2 graphics processing unit, under the hood. It offers 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage (expandable up to 128GB).

On the photography front, the S55 houses a 13.0MP + 8.0MP dual camera setup with F/2.0; AF; 80° Angle; LED Flash on the back. Up front, there’s a 5.0MP camera with F/2.2; 80°Angle for selfies and face-to-face video chatting.

The S55 runs Android 8.0 Oreo operating system and is backed by a built-in 5500mAh Polymer battery. On top of that, the phone is crammed with all sorts of useful sensors including a G-sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, and compass. There’s also a fingerprint sensor placed on the back.

Here you can read about the unboxing of Doogee S55 Rugged Smartphone.

Next, watch the first impressions and the first experience on Android Oreo 8.0.0 OS
Firmware tested: Android Oreo 8.0.0 stock
Build number: DOOGEE-S55-Android8.0-20180612
Kernel version:  3.18.60+
Android Patch Level: May 5, 2018
Firmware version: DOOGEE-S55-Android8.0-20180612_20180613-0513
Hardware: mt6755
API Level: 26
Java VM: ART 2.1.0
Root: Firmware is not rooted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available features: A sturdy aluminum alloy and polycarbonate body, Waterproof and Dustproof, Dual SIM - dual VoLTE,  Radio FM, WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0,  A-GPS, GPS, Microphone, Front Camera & Dual Rear Camera, Dual LED Flash, USB Host, OTA Sync, Scheduled Power On & Off, Printing, Cloud Print, Voice Search, Sound Recorder, Calculator, Quick FlashLight, Airplane Mode, App Widgets, Audio Jack Output, USB Accessory, OTG, Multitouch, Audio Profiles, Google Play Store & gapps, Adaptive brightness, BesLoudness Sound Enhancement, Battery Saver mode, Standby intelligent power saving, Fingerprint, Gesture Motion (Telephony Gesture - Turn to silence, System Motion - Three point screenshot, Three point entry camera, Two point adjust volume, double tab to lock & Smart Somatosensory - Launcher and Unlock), Fast Capture, Gesture WakeUp, Emergency alerts, QRCode Scan.

Sensors available on device: Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Gyroscope, Light,  Game Rotation Vector, GeoMag Rotation Vector, Gravity, Linear Acceleration, Rotation Vector & Orientation. 

CPU & GPU

CPU: MediaTek MT6750 Octa-Core 8 x 1.5 GHz ARM-A53 Cortex 64 Bit

GPU: ARM Mali-T860 MP2.

Cameras. Back-camera: Samsung 13.0MP + 8.0MP dual camera, Dual color LED Flash and 9 creative shooting modes. Front camera: 5 Mpx. You can expect image quality and rendering power that every photo fanatic deserves from a phone. Enjoy Capturing!

Display. Diagonal: 5.5". Type: LCD IPS. Resolution: 720 x 1440 px (HD+). Density: medium density, 292 Pixels per inch differentiable less than 5 cm away.
Others: Capacitive, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Multi-touch, Scratch resistant, Viewing angle - 178°.

Battery. 5.500mAh Li-Polymer Non-removable Fast Charging. So now you can enjoy movie marathons, launch apps, and play games without worrying about running out of battery.

Internal storage.   Capacity: 64 GB. Space without OS: 53.28 GB. Available Storage: 51.74 GB. (97%). SD slot up to 128 GB. Tested with  Mixza Tohaoll 64GB SDXC Micro SD Memory Card.

Cost-effective. 8.8 from 10 - pretty impressive regarding the actual low price.

In Antutu Benchmark 6.2.7 Doogee S55 achieves a pretty good score, between 27.000 - 43.000 points. 

In Antutu Video Tester 3.0 Doogee S55 scores 651 points, this firmware version fully supported 11 video files, partially supported 13 video files and didn't managedf to play 6 video file types.

Wifi Internet speed tested gets also pretty good values: over 45 Mbps in download and the upload speed was over 26 Mbps. The router used in this test is Xiaomi Mi WiFi Router, mounted in another room. 

Conclusion
In use, the phone proved to be a capable performer and didn’t stutter or run sluggishly during our brief encounter. The S55 is equipped a lot better than most other rugged smartphones out there, it has lots of features and it also looks pretty good. In terms of ruggedness, the S55 excels in every aspect, it is waterproof, dustproof and can handle lots of drops.

Android 8.0 Oreo OS on the Doogee S55 runs very smooth - transitions, animations, apps switching and general OS fluidity is just great, the WiFi speed is very good, I really like it a lot. During our tests, we experienced zero force closes, hangups or stability issues. Google Play and gapps are working without issue. Google Play Services updated no problem. 3rd party apps downloaded and updated without issues.

Doogee S55 has now an amazing affordable price and very good value for the money, go ahead and buy it from here!

Photo gallery full album here. Official webpage here.

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